Please be aware that Oscar year refers to the year the Oscars were held and not the year the film was released.
Individuals with most best Picture wins
Sam Spiegel – On the Waterfront (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958), Lawrence of Arabia (1963)
Saul Zaentz – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976), Amadeus (1985), The English Patient (1997)
A total of 6 individuals has won multiple Best Picture Oscars. Click here to see the complete list.
Individuals with most Best Picture nominations
Steven Spielberg – 13 nominations (1 Best picture Oscar)
Scott Rudin – 9 nominations (1 Best picture Oscar)
Kathleen Kennedy – 8 nominations (0 Best picture Oscar)
Click here to see the complete list of people with 3 or more Best Picture nominations.
Best Picture winners with less than 7 total nominations
| Title | Oscar year | Total nominations | Total wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| CODA | 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| Nomadland | 2021 | 6 | 3 |
| Parasite | 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| Green Book | 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| Spotlight | 2016 | 6 | 2 |
| The Departed | 2007 | 5 | 4 |
| Crash | 2006 | 6 | 3 |
| Ordinary People | 1981 | 6 | 4 |
| Annie Hall | 1978 | 5 | 4 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1953 | 5 | 2 |
| It Happened One Night | 1935 | 5 | 5 |
| Cavalcade | 1934 | 4 | 3 |
| Grand Hotel* | 1932 | 1 | 1 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930-2 | 4 | 3 |
| The Broadway Melody* | 1930 | 1 | 1 |
| Wings** | 1929 | 2 | 2 |
| Sunrise** | 1929 | 4 | 3 |
*Grand Hotel and The Broadway Melody are the only Best Picture winners that were not nominated for any other award. Although the record is usually attributed to Grand Hotel as there were no official nominees in the 1930 award show where The Broadway Melody won. Only winners were announced this year.
**The first year of the Oscars there were two Best Picture categories. Wings and Sunrise won the two Best Picture categories.
Best Picture winners without a nomination for Best Director
| Title | Oscar year |
|---|---|
| CODA | 2022 |
| Green Book | 2019 |
| Argo | 2013 |
| Driving Miss Daisy | 1990 |
| Grand Hotel* | 1932 |
| The Broadway Melody** | 1930 |
| Wings*** | 1929 |
| Sunrise*** | 1929 |
*Only three nominees for Best Director this year
**There were no official nominees this year. Only winners were announced.
***The first year of the Oscars there were two Best Picture categories and two Best Director categories. Wings and Sunrise won the two Best Picture categories, but none of them were nominated for either of the Best Director awards.
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Best Picture winners without a writing nomination
Throughout the years the Oscars have had several different writing categories. Below are the film that won Best Picture without a nomination in any writing related category that same year.
| Title | Oscar year |
|---|---|
| Titanic | 1998 |
| The Sound of Music | 1966 |
| Hamlet | 1949 |
| Cavalcade* | 1934 |
| Grand Hotel** | 1932 |
| The Broadway Melody*** | 1930 |
| Wings**** | 1929 |
| Sunrise**** | 1929 |
*Only three nominees in each writing category this year
**Only three and four nominees in the two writing categories this year
***There were no official nominees this year. Only winners were announced.
****The first year of the Oscars there were two Best Picture categories. Wings and Sunrise won the two Best Picture categories, but none of them were nominated for either of the writing awards. There were only two and three nominees in the two writing categories this year
Best Picture winners without acting nominations
All films in the following table are Best Picture winners without a single nomination in any of the acting categories.
Supporting acting categories were introduced in 1937. Before this there were only two acting categories.
| Title | Oscar year |
|---|---|
| Parasite | 2020 |
| Slumdog Millionaire | 2009 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2004 |
| Braveheart | 1996 |
| The Last Emperor | 1988 |
| Gigi | 1959 |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1957 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1953 |
| An American in Paris | 1952 |
| Grand Hotel* | 1932 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front** | 1930-2 |
| The Broadway Melody*** | 1930 |
| Wings**** | 1929 |
| Sunrise**** | 1929 |
*There were no supporting acting categories, and only three nominations in the lead acting category this year
**There were no supporting acting categories this year
***There were no official nominees this year. Only winners were announced
****The first year of the Oscars there were two Best Picture categories. Wings and Sunrise won the two Best Picture categories, but none of them were nominated for either of the acting awards. There were no supporting acting categories, and only three nominees for Best Actor this year
On top of this a bunch of films has won Best Picture without lead acting nominations. Click here to see a full list of all Best Picture winners without lead acting nominations.
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Best Picture winners without a nomination for Best Editing
Best Editing was introduced in 1935
| Title | Oscar year |
|---|---|
| CODA | 2022 |
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | 2015 |
| Ordinary People | 1981 |
| Annie Hall | 1978 |
| The Godfather: Part II | 1975 |
| A Man for All Seasons | 1967 |
| Tom Jones | 1964 |
| Marty | 1956 |
| Hamlet | 1949 |
| The Life of Emile Zola | 1938 |
| It Happened One Night* | 1935 |
*Only three nominees for Best Editing this year
Best Picture winners that did not win for either acting or directing
Supporting acting categories were introduced in 1937. Untill then there were only the two lead categories.
| Title | Oscar year | Acting nominations | Director nomination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotlight | 2016 | 2 | Yes |
| Argo | 2013 | 1 | No |
| Crash | 2006 | 1 | Yes |
| Chariots of Fire | 1982 | 1 | Yes |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | 1957 | 0 | Yes |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1953 | 0 | Yes |
| An American in Paris | 1952 | 0 | Yes |
| Rebecca | 1941 | 3 | Yes |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | 1936 | 3 | Yes |
| Grand Hotel | 1932 | 0 | No |
| Cimarron | 1931 | 2 | Yes |
| The Broadway Melody* | 1930 | 0 | No |
| Wings** | 1929 | 0 | No |
| Sunrise** | 1929 | 0 | No |
*There were no official nominees this year. Only winners were announced.
**The first year of the Oscars there were two Best Picture categories. Wings and Sunrise won the two Best Picture categories.
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